Exodus 19:24:3Exod.19.24.W3TAB

יְהוָה֙

yehovah

LORD

Transliteration
ye-ho-VAH
Extended
yeh-ho-VAH
IPA
/jə.ho.ˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
LORD

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Result
יְ + ה + וָה֙
ye + ho + vah
yehovah

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ye-ho-VAH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YO-mer eh-LAV ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer eh-LAV ye-ho-VAH lekh-RED ve-a-li-TA a-TA ve-a-ha-RON im-MAAKH

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer eh-LAV ye-ho-VAH lekh-RED ve-a-li-TA a-TA ve-a-ha-RON im-MAAKH ve-ha-koh-ha-NEEM ve-ha-AM ahl-yeh-hehr-SOO la-a-LOT el-ye-ho-VAH pehn-yif-rots-BAAM

Exegesis

The prohibition clause uses al {אַל־ | ʾal} ‘do not’ with the imperfect yehersû {יֽ͏ֶהֶרְס֛וּ | yehersû} ‘let them break through’, governing the infinitive laalot {לַעֲלֹ֥ת | laʿălōt} ‘to go up’ and the goal phrase el-YHWH {אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה | ʾel Yə-hō-wāh} ‘to the LORD’.

Root and etymology

h-y-hheh–yod–heh

to be, to exist

In contextExodus 19:24

And the LORD said to him, “Go down. Afterward you shall come up, you and Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to go up to the LORD, lest He break out against them.”

About this coordinate

Exodus 19:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 19:24, so the Hebrew word יְהוָה֙ (yehovah) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.19.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.24.W3.S1) and character.